Opinion: Politicians in Alabama take wrong views of gaming

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  

"Our former Gov. Bob Riley, instead of coming to the aid of his Mississippi Choctaw friends by helping them get approval to move some of their casino operations to Alabama, targeted legal non-Indian gaming operations here which were producing millions in tax revenue, and shutting them down.

He then brought in the FBI, which illegally helped defeat legislation that would have brought in additional millions in taxes for schools.

I have been told that Riley is planning to seek re-election as governor in 2014 with Attorney General Luther Strange as his running mate for lieutenant governor.

Strange, I am told, has been ordered by Riley to continue to put white individuals operating legal electronic bingo operations in Alabama out of business in order to protect his Native American friends in Mississippi and the state’s former Gov. Haley Barbour."

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